Re: Print (or export to a spreadsheet) all the information displayed when Finder is looking at a folder (OS X 10.13 High Sierra)

On 2024-04-30 01:51:05 +0000, Dudley Brooks said:
 

I want to print out all the File Names, their Creation Dates, and their Modification Dates.  (Printing all the other info is fine too.)  If possible, I would like to do it in a form that can be easily put into a spreadsheet.
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In the built-in FreeBSD, the results of "ls" can be printed as text; then the text can be put into a spreadsheet without too much trouble, by figuring out the appropriate separator(s).  Unfortunately, "ls" does not display Creation Date, only Latest Access Date or Latest Modification Date.  (Likewise for other Unix-like systems, apparently.)  And the Creation Date is the one I need most.
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In the OS, you can take a screenshot and save it as a PDF.  But I don't think it's a PDF from which text can be extracted.  I'm not sure, though ... because I can't find where the PDF is being saved ... or if it's being saved at all!  (Probably because of the very reason why I want this info, namely, to help decide which files to delete, since my HD is so clogged that the computer is slowed down to almost zero.)
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The online recommendation I found for printing from the OS says to copy it by hand(!) into the spreadsheet or text file.
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Anyone know how to get at least a text file of the name and the Creation Date?  As automatically as possible?
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(P.S.  OS X 10.13 because I'm dubious about putting anything later on my late-2013 MacBook Pro, and I can't afford a new computer right now.)

 DiskTracker can catalogue a disk/folder and then you can print or export the list, but it's not free.
<http://www.portents.com/disktracker/>
 I haven't used any of these, but other possibiities might be:
    - VVV (Virtual Volumes View) - a free disk cataloguing app
     <https://sourceforge.net/projects/vvvapp/>
    - PrintWindow - not free Finder window printer app
     <http://searchwaresolutions.com/default.html>
    - DiskCatalogMaker - not free disk cataloguing app
     <https://diskcatalogmaker.com>
 There are also some Finder replacement apps which may or may not be able to print/export their listing windows, but I've never tried any of those.